ReviewNature reviews. Urology2014
Stress urinary incontinence and LUTS in women--effects on sexual function.
Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Long-term outcomes of TOT and TVT procedures for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2017Pooled it
- Quality of life and sexual function after tension-free vaginal tape and polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for primary stress urinary incontinence: 3-year follow-up from a randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2023Trial
- Quality of life and sexual function after TVT surgery versus Bulkamid injection for primary stress urinary incontinence: 1 year results from a randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2021Trial
- Effect of pulsed magnetic stimulation on quality of life of female patients with stress urinary incontinence: an IDEAL-D stage 2b study.International urogynecology journal · 2018Trial
- Do Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AMS 800, Boston Scientific, USA) Have Any Impact on Sexuality in Women?Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Article
- [Pelvic floor reconstruction and sexual function].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Effect of pelvic floor muscles exercises by extracorporeal magnetic innervations on the bladder neck and urinary symptoms.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2023Article
- Beliefs and strategies about urinary incontinence: a possible moderation role between symptoms and sexual function, and quality of life.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Female Sexual Dysfunctions and Urogynecological Complaints: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Application of estrogen for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in mice.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2022Article
- Comparative Assessment of Female Sexual Function Following Transobturator Midurethral Sling for Stress Urinary Incontinence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pelvic organ prolapse and sexual function.Nature reviews. Urology · 2020Review
- Multimodal vaginal toning for bladder symptoms and quality of life in stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2017Article
- Urinary incontinence in women.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2017Review
- Female urinary incontinence and sexuality.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyReview
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Abstract
The sexual impact of urinary incontinence in women depends on a host of parameters, including physical, psychological, social and cultural dimensions. Evaluation of the effects of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and lower urinary tract symptoms on sexual function is often biased by their common association with other pelvic floor disorders, such as pelvic organ prolapse, which also affect sexual satisfaction. Indeed, these complexities are reflected in the literature, which shows considerable disparity in sexual functional characteristics in women with incontinence both before and after treatment. This discordance is further emphasized by heterogeneity in study design, quality and analysis. Here, we describe the nature of sexual dysfunction in women with incontinence, including coital incontinence. The various treatments for SUI, which include transvaginal tape surgeries, can also affect sexual function, positively or negatively. Coital incontinence seems to be a good predictor of an improvement in postoperative sexual parameters: its cure, achieved by >90% of women, to a large extent explains the sexual benefits reported in several studies. By contrast, deterioration in sexual function is sometimes reported after surgery, with de novo or worsened dyspareunia being the most common cause. The literature does not contain any convincing arguments for one treatment or another on the basis of sexual functional outcome.
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